About this vendor
Thank you for considering Brian Ivan Guitar for your wedding. We're here to help you create an intimate atmosphere for your guests, whether we're playing to 20 guests or 200. With over 15 years in the music industry, and experience playing anything from Catholic Mass to beachfront ceremonies, we can guarantee a simple planning process that will fit your desired aesthetic.
Brian Ivan is a fingerstyle guitar virtuoso, vocalist, and wedding officiant serving O'ahu. Brian offers a wide variety of music with guitar, ukulele, vocals, mobile DJ services, and collaborations with other instrumentalists. Whether its dreamy beach settings, majestic hillside venues, or formal cathedral ceremonies, our services are a perfect pairing for any event in Hawai'i. We can accommodate groups of any size, from intimate elopements to grand weddings, and with the use of wireless equipment we're able to venture anywhere. You will find our services below. Please contact us for a quote! Mahalo!
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To Book: getmarriedoahu@gmail.com |(808) 364-8617 text or call.
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Brian Ivan Guitar is a small family business with just two employees: Brian and his wife, Crystal. But with each event we play, our family grows. We'd love for you to be a part of the Brian Ivan Guitar family!
Ceremony/ Reception/ Cocktail Hour
Serving all of Oahu, will travel across islands
More at: www.getmarriedoahu.co
Details
Instruments
- Guitar
- Ukulele
- Vocals
Music Genres
- Classical
- Country
- Folk
- Jazz
- Latin
- Pop
Music Services
- Live Music
- Recorded Music
- Sound Equipment
Wedding Activities
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Rehearsal Dinner
- Welcome Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Reviews
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5
out of 5.021 reviews
Such an amazing and talented individual. He was able to accommodate all of our wishes when it came to unique song selections for both ceremony and cocktail hour. He's amazing and ...
highly highly recommended!
Brian was wonderful to work with and very patient as a bride who was planning from out of town. Our music selection was perfect! Thank you, Brian for making our big day so special!...
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We knew we wanted an acoustic guitar for our outdoor ceremony and I stumbled on Brian's information here. I am SO happy I did. While I only heard the music when we entered, ever...
yone at our ceremony loved the music. Brian was so easy to work with, providing suggestions for music and willing to create arrangements for songs we love. It was an awesome addition to our beautiful day on July 23! And he survived the heat! Lori & Dave
How do you explain Brian Ivan? He is one of the most classy, enjoyable people to work with. From step one of booking our wedding date, to our emails and phone calls to confirm da...
tes, he was always on top of it. Everything went perfectly as we discussed and I couldn't have been more thankful! I didn't even get the chance to hug him and thank him for helping make my dreams come true - but the Star Wars as I walked down the isle made Zakk cry before the doors opened. All the little touches we worked together to make my wedding ceremony perfect was so appreciate. I would recommend Brian to anyone ever, because quite frankly he is the best. Thank you!!
Brian is absolutely incredible! We wanted a guitar player at our ceremony and dinner reception and Brian nailed it. The music choices were perfect and everyone loved his work. Bria...
n will communicate with you about song choices and help you every step of the way. I would highly recommend him to anyone!
Brian's music is beautiful! He played for my daughter's ceremony and cocktail hour on 5-30-15. He was flexible, professional and wonderful to work with. When ceremony was moved...
inside at last minute he was able to relocate quickly and provide such beautiful music to this beautiful ceremony. Thanks Brian...well done!
Brian was able to play at my wedding ceremony with very short notice. He was flexible with music choices, and has his own music. He was timely and organized. Brian was able to adap...
t to where we needed him. The live music was awesome, and he was a delight to have at our wedding. I would definitely hire him again for any cocktail party.
Brian, and his wife Crystal, are absolutely fabulous! After listening to some clips on his website, we went over to his house to learn more about his service and hear him play live...
. Both Brian and Crystal were professional, welcoming, warm, and genuine! Brian gave great advice on our song selection and was open to learning songs we wanted for our processional. I cannot even tell you how many guests commented on the loveliness of the music prior to, and during, the ceremony! One of the best vendors we booked for our day! Well worth the price:)
We had Brian play for our wedding in August 2014. Not only is he an excellent, and outstanding guitarist (more on that in a moment), he is a wonderful, kind soul and very well org...
anized! We were planning the wedding from London, England and Brian was extremely accommodating to time differences and extremely responsive via email. His excitement for the material and playing the event on the whole made me even more excited about it myself!
We had him play the prelude and processional, along with a special piece during the ceremony - all classical Spanish guitar pieces. His precision and attention to detail, not to mention sensitivity to the material were truly awesome. He even played after the ceremony while guests were exiting - at no extra cost. He brought every piece of equipment necessary and took care of every detail pertaining to his part in the ceremony to the point where I truly did not have to worry about a single thing!
Brian is truly a special talent: a combination of precise skill, absolute heart in his interpretation of the music, and reliability from start to finish. It's rare to see such talent and accountability combined - and in Brian it is there in abundance! I CANNOT RECOMMEND HIM ENOUGH! THANK YOU SO MUCH BRIAN FOR SHARING YOUR SKILL WITH US ON OUR WEDDING DAY!!!!!!
We had Brian perform our ceremony music for our June wedding at Meadow Brook Hall. He was simply fantastic! Not only was his music beautiful- he was also very easy to work with thr...
ough the planning process. His services are a STEAL for what he charges. It is obvious that Brian just loves what he does and ins't in it for the money as you see with a lot of other wedding vendors. I would highly recommend Brian for any music needs :)
From our first interaction with Brian, we knew working with him would yield phenomenal results. As we were having a ceremony in the Catholic tradition, Brian's knowledge of the se...
rvice as well as specific hymns made planning delightful.
He listened to what we wanted and liked, made suggestions and collaborated with us every step of the way. Crystal, sound engineer and soloist extraordinaire, made everything run smoothly and her beautiful voice made everything more special.
In addition to playing at our ceremony, Brian and Crystal played during our post ceremony refreshment time. They prepared a special arrangement which was played when we were "announced" to our guests.
When rain had many of our guests already gone to the reception and I said we should abandon our planned first dance, they suggested we do it anyway with the few guests remaining. It was one of the sweetest, intimate and most precious moments of our entire day. Brian and Crystal joined us in our venue's gazebo and played acoustically while we danced. It was such a lovely, special moment!
We were thrilled and honored they agreed to join us at our reception and even took a turn in the photo booth with the bride.
They are amazingly talented, caring and fun loving yet professional.
We could not give them a higher recommendation!!
We absolutely loved working with Brian. We knew we wanted a live guitarist for our wedding, and really liked the recordings on his website. He was happy to learn new songs for us a...
nd played them beautifully. We had Brian play our ceremony music as well as a one-hour cocktail hour. We trusted his experience and abilities, so we often leaned on him for suggestions or song selections. We selected our processional, bride's entrance, and recessional music, but all other choices were his. He did a fantastic job, was friendly and responsive, and gave us the exact ambiance we were looking for. Our guests loved it! Thank you!
Brian was absolutely phenomenal. He put together a special acoustic version of a song I wanted my Mom to walk me down the isle too and it couldn't have been better. His communicati...
on was great, he is very reliable and so, so incredibly kind. I would highly recommend Brian to anyone!
Brian was awesome! The music before, during and after the ceremony was absolutely beautiful. Brian was very easy to work with and extremely helpful with the song choices/planning.
We hired Brian to play the guitar before and during our wedding ceremony and we couldn't have been happier with the job he did. He was so easy to work with and was very accommodat...
ing with our song choices. His guitar playing was beautiful and we got tons of compliments on the music.
With just that I would have given him 5 stars but Brian actually went above and beyond when a few days before the wedding our cocktail hour music had to overhauled. Brian volunteered to step in and we couldn't have been more grateful. On top of that, he easily adjusted when rain forced the cocktail hour inside.
In summary, his guitar playing was fantastic, he was a pleasure to work with and he easily adjusted to everything that was thrown at him. We really can't thank him enough for all he did to make our wedding so special.
Brian added a beautiful element to our wedding ceremony for a very reasonable price. He is very talented which was acknowledged by many of our guests. He was on time and even learn...
ed a new song for us! I would highly recommend him!!!
Brian was so great to work with. He's very friendly and professional. When we first met Brian he played one song for us and we knew he was the right guy for the job. He plays be...
autifully!!! Brian arrived early on my wedding day which is always great and he worked well with my officiant to coordinate when the music should start and stop. I would definitely recommend him!!
We searched for a long time to try to find the right style and sound for the music to complement our ceremony venue and knew we found the right match when we heard some of Brian Iv...
an's music selections online. We were so impressed by the communication, professionalism and his flexibility to make our wedding ceremony so beautiful! He was awesome and he even arranged to meet with a friend of mine who I asked to sing, so that they could practice on their own. I loved having Brian as a part of our wedding and he really helped to make it magical!
It was so cold on our wedding day, but we still chose to have the wedding outdoors. He was such a trooper, and even though he couldnt feel his fingers, he still played and sounded ...
great!
Brian played the music for our ceremony and we couldn't have asked for anyone more professional. He allowed us to make our own music selections, offered opinions and was very promp...
t. I would recommend him over and over again.
Brian was receptive to our ideas for unique wedding ceremony music. He was able to play outdoors which was important because our ceremony was outside. He is an excellent musician a...
nd so many of our guests commented on how great he was. He really helped to make our day special and was excellent with keeping in communication with us and providing us with exactly what we wanted for our big day.
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